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The Search for Identity and the Mutual Relationship between Man and Land in Radwa Ashour's The Woman from Tantoura

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Last updated: 05 Jan 2025

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اللغة الإنـجليزية وآدابها

Abstract

This paper aims to explore Radwa Ashour's The Woman from Tantoura, a novel that introduces the Palestinian case facing Zionist injustice, and the obliteration of identity practiced upon Palestinians. In The Woman from Tantoura, Radwa Ashour tries to reveal the historical facts by employing heritage narration, and the novel tries to advocate the land, identity, and history. It also reveals the unfearful man who defends his existence, despite his displacement, and loss of identity. The Woman from Tantoura is a novel that gained great popularity in the Arab world after touching the emotions of the Arab-Islamic peoples and playing on the sensitive emotions of the Palestinian issue. The title of the novel is carried by a woman called “Rukia" Al-Tantouria" from the village of "Tantoura" located on the Palestinian coast south of Haifa. This name is associated with women as life-giving human beings and a very active element in her society. She is like the tree that breeds generations, instilling in their attachment to the land and love of the country from a young age. These virtues made Radwa Ashour focus on women and the land; the land emits the plant that keeps it alive, and the loss of land is just like the loss of honor.

DOI

10.21608/aakj.2023.206061.1446

Keywords

Radwa Ashour, Man, and land, ecocriticism, Tan-toura, Palestine

Authors

First Name

Shaimaa

Last Name

Mohamed Hassanin

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Affiliation

Horus University- Egypt (HUE)

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drshaimaa.hassanin@gmail.com

City

Damietta

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Volume

29

Article Issue

87

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42286

Issue Date

2023-07-01

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2023-04-14

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2023-07-01

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1,175

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1,202

Print ISSN

2537-0022

Online ISSN

2537-0030

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بحوث علمية محکمة

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1,667

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Journal

Publication Title

المجلة العلمیة لکلیة الآداب-جامعة أسیوط

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https://aakj.journals.ekb.eg/

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The Search for Identity and the Mutual Relationship between Man and Land in Radwa Ashour's The Woman from Tantoura

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28 Dec 2024